iPhone X Display Issues - I have an iPhone X. It is a fantastic device. Unfortunately it has come to light that it might exhibit touch issues stemming from a possible component failure on the display module. In short, Apple is saying that there is something on the display module…
Siri Tip Calculator Shortcut Siri Tip Calculator Shortcut - When iOS 12 launched for the general public, I was somewhat excited to use the Shortcuts app. Having used the Workflow app before, I was hoping to see Apple's mark on an already incredible app. For those of you that would like…
.NET Core 2.0 – Jas Rademeyer and I have recently published C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 Blueprints. Leverage the features of C# 7 and .NET core 2.0 to build real-world .NET core applications. The book contains easy-to-follow real-world projects that get you up and running with the new features of C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0. These practical applications will assist you with concepts such as Entity Framework Core, serverless computing, and more in .NET Core 2.0. I also take a look at OAuth concepts and building ASP.NET Core applications using MongoDB. (more…)
My latest Syncfusion eBook The need to convey information in a secure manner has existed for thousands of years. For as long as people have needed to communicate, other people have wanted to undermine any efforts to secure that information. You might think that you don’t have information important enough for anyone to…
Asynchronous Programming Succinctly allows developers an elegant way to avoid bottlenecks in code and write more responsive applications
Operation Not Legal in the Current State - The other evening I was playing around with an ASP.NET Core application. When I started debugging it, I immediately saw an error message pop up that said Unable to start program '[http]://localhost:59676/'. An operation is not legal in the current state. It was…
It's frustrating how often the Visual Studio installer projects change from version to version. Solve incompatible setup projects in VS.
Mastering Visual Studio 2017 – If you are new to Visual Studio (or even if you have used Visual Studio from the beginning) there is a fantastic book authored by Kunal Chowdhury that belongs on every good developer’s bookshelf. The book titled Mastering Visual Studio 2017 (get it on Amazon) is a page turner, and definitely makes for very good reading. (more…)
EncryptValidate Code Encryption - NuGet is something that I'm sure all of you have used before. I decided to package and publish my own NuGet package. It's nothing fancy, it's just a simple encryption dll that will encrypt data. It also validates encrypted data. Among the other methods, it decrypts data…
The other day I was debugging an ASP.NET Application, and I noticed that the build and debug was really slow. I then noticed that my laptop fan was spinning continuously, and that this seemed to be related to the debug session. I stopped the debug, but the fan kept on going like a bat out of hell. It was at this point that I decided to open up Windows task manager and see what was going on. Windows task-manager popped up on my screen and I could immediately see where the problem was. It showed that the disk utilization was at 100% and it never abated, not even a percentage.
